Khavn

Biography

Khavn, originally named Khavn de la Cruz, is a very outspoken, experimental filmmaker. He has directed over 100 films, making him one of the most productive filmmakers in the Philippines, and far beyond. He also heads up Kamias Overground, an independent publishing company, and works as a composer, songwriter, pianist and writer. Since 2002, he has been director of the .MOV International Film, Music & Literature Festival. As a jury member, he has been present at multiple festivals, including Berlinale and the Leipzig Film Festival.

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Makbetamaximus

(2024) Director

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Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore

(2014) Screenplay

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Love Is a Dog from Hell

(2023) Director

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Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero

(2008) Writer

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Three Days Of Darkness Zero

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Solar Syokoy

(2012) Director

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Rugby Boyz

(2006) Director

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Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

(2016) Writer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2017	N/A	Shock Me Shokoy 2017-10-31 Movie
2016	N/A	Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember 2016-07-22 Movie
2014	N/A	Esoterica: Manila 2014-11-09 Movie
	The Pianist	Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore 2014-10-24 Movie
2011	N/A	Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism 2011-06-03 Movie
2010	Himself	Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement 2010-01-01 Movie
2008	N/A	Taon Noong Ako'y Anak sa Labas 2008-08-20 Movie
	N/A	Bahag Kings 2008-01-01 Movie
2006	N/A	Goodbye My Shooting Star 2006-07-19 Movie
2005	N/A	Last Take, Last Shot 2005-07-13 Movie
	Dead Man on TV	The Family That Eats Soil 2005-01-26 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Director	Makbetamaximus 2024-01-25 Movie
2023	Director	Love Is a Dog from Hell 2023-11-02 Movie
	Director	Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) 2023-10-12 Movie
	Director	National Anarchist: Lino Brocka 2023-01-30 Movie
2022	Director	The Devil of Comparisons 2022-09-25 Movie
2021	Director	Orphea 2021-05-20 Movie
	Director	How To Not Make A Film 2021-03-09 Movie
	Director	Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni 2021-01-22 Movie
2020	Director	Mr. Duck-Egg 2020-04-13 Movie
2018	Director	Bamboo Dogs 2018-10-14 Movie
	Director	Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon 2018-01-01 Movie
2017	Director	Balangiga: Howling Wilderness 2017-10-20 Movie
	Director	Aswang 2017-01-01 Movie
2016	Director	Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember 2016-07-22 Movie
	Director	Simulacrum Tremendum 2016-01-30 Movie
	Director	Filipiniana 2016-01-01 Movie
2015	Director	Desaparadiso 2015-01-26 Movie
2014	Director	Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore 2014-10-24 Movie
2013	Director	Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro 2013-01-28 Movie
2012	Director	EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek 2012-12-01 Movie
	Director	Solar Syokoy 2012-08-28 Movie
	Director	Kalakala 2012-03-10 Movie
	Director	Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore 2012-02-11 Movie
2011	Director	Breather 2011-09-03 Movie
	Director	Ang kaisa-isang konsiyerto ng kagila-gilalas na kombo ni Kumander Kulas at ng kanyang kawawang kalabaw sa walang katapusang kalsada ng Kamyas 2011-01-01 Movie
	Director	Kommander Kulas 2011-01-01 Movie
2010	Director	Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey 2010-11-30 Movie
	Director	The Trial of Mr. Serapio 2010-07-15 Movie
	Director	Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement 2010-01-01 Movie
	Director	Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) 2010-01-01 Movie
	Director	Son of God 2010-01-01 Movie
2009	Director	Our Daily Bread 2009-08-14 Movie
	Director	Literature 2009-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Middle Mystery of KRISTO NEGRO 2009-01-01 Movie
	Director	I Am The Drowning Sea 2009-01-01 Movie
2008	Director	Philippine Bliss 2008-01-25 Movie
	Director	Overdosed Nightmare 2008-01-23 Movie
	Director	The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles 2008-01-01 Movie
	Director	Manila in the Fangs of Darkness 2008-01-01 Movie
	Director	Bahag Kings 2008-01-01 Movie
	Director	Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero 2008-01-01 Movie
	Director	Ultimo 2008-01-01 Movie
2007	Director	Squatterpunk 2007-01-31 Movie
	Director	The Last Gag of Buster Quizon 2007-01-01 Movie
	Director	Three Days of Darkness 2007-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Longest Moment You're Not Here 2007-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One 2007-01-01 Movie
2006	Director	Buryong 2006-09-04 Movie
	Director	Goodbye My Shooting Star 2006-07-19 Movie
	Director	Rugby Boyz 2006-01-02 Movie
	Director	Vampire of Quezon City 2006-01-01 Movie
	Director	Old East Side 2006-01-01 Movie
	Director	Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World 2006-01-01 Movie
2005	Director	Idol: Hero/Villain 2005-07-12 Movie
	Director	Can & Slippers 2005-01-31 Movie
	Director	The Family That Eats Soil 2005-01-26 Movie
	Director	Small Ali 2005-01-25 Movie
	Director	Three Days Of Darkness Zero 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	Director	Headless 2004-01-01 Movie
	Director	Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata 2004-01-01 Movie
2003	Director	Barong Brothers 2003-01-25 Movie
2001	Director	Greaseman 2001-01-01 Movie
2000	Director	The Twelve 2000-05-27 Movie
1999	Director	Kamias: Memory of Forgetting 1999-01-01 Movie
1998	Director	Amen 1998-01-01 Movie
	Director	Memory of Dawn Movie
	Director	Aswang Movie
	Director	Patay Na Babae Sa Loob Ng Bahay Movie
	Director	Pamilya Kariton Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Translator	Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) 2023-10-12 Movie
2021	Cinematography	How To Not Make A Film 2021-03-09 Movie
	Cinematography	Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni 2021-01-22 Movie
2011	Cinematography	Breather 2011-09-03 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Producer	National Anarchist: Lino Brocka 2023-01-30 Movie
2021	Executive Producer	Orphea 2021-05-20 Movie
	Producer	Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni 2021-01-22 Movie
2018	Producer	Bamboo Dogs 2018-10-14 Movie
2017	Producer	Balangiga: Howling Wilderness 2017-10-20 Movie
2012	Producer	EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek 2012-12-01 Movie
2011	Producer	Breather 2011-09-03 Movie
	Producer	Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism 2011-06-03 Movie
2010	Producer	Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey 2010-11-30 Movie
	Producer	Son of God 2010-01-01 Movie
2008	Producer	Philippine Bliss 2008-01-25 Movie
	Producer	Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero 2008-01-01 Movie
2006	Producer	Vampire of Quezon City 2006-01-01 Movie
2005	Producer	Can & Slippers 2005-01-31 Movie
2000	Producer	The Twelve 2000-05-27 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2022	Original Music Composer	2Bayani 2022-04-01 Movie
2021	Music	Skylab 2021-11-26 Movie
	Music	Orphea 2021-05-20 Movie
	Music	Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni 2021-01-22 Movie
2018	Original Music Composer	Bamboo Dogs 2018-10-14 Movie
	Music	Happy Lamento 2018-09-11 Movie
2017	Music	Balangiga: Howling Wilderness 2017-10-20 Movie
2012	Music	EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek 2012-12-01 Movie
2011	Music	Zero 2011-01-01 Movie
2010	Music	Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey 2010-11-30 Movie
2009	Music	I Am The Drowning Sea 2009-01-01 Movie
2008	Music	Taon Noong Ako'y Anak sa Labas 2008-08-20 Movie
2007	Music	Three Days of Darkness 2007-01-01 Movie
2006	Music	Todo Todo Teros 2006-08-18 Movie
	Music	Goodbye My Shooting Star 2006-07-19 Movie
2005	Music	Can & Slippers 2005-01-31 Movie
	Music	A Short Film About the Indio Nacional 2005-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2021	Writer	Orphea 2021-05-20 Movie
	Writer	Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni 2021-01-22 Movie
2018	Screenplay	Bamboo Dogs 2018-10-14 Movie
	Screenplay	Happy Lamento 2018-09-11 Movie
2017	Screenplay	Balangiga: Howling Wilderness 2017-10-20 Movie
	Story	Balangiga: Howling Wilderness 2017-10-20 Movie
2016	Writer	Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember 2016-07-22 Movie
	Writer	Filipiniana 2016-01-01 Movie
2015	Writer	Desaparadiso 2015-01-26 Movie
2014	Screenplay	Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore 2014-10-24 Movie
2012	Writer	EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek 2012-12-01 Movie
	Writer	Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore 2012-02-11 Movie
2011	Writer	Breather 2011-09-03 Movie
	Writer	Ang kaisa-isang konsiyerto ng kagila-gilalas na kombo ni Kumander Kulas at ng kanyang kawawang kalabaw sa walang katapusang kalsada ng Kamyas 2011-01-01 Movie
2010	Screenplay	Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey 2010-11-30 Movie
	Screenplay	The Trial of Mr. Serapio 2010-07-15 Movie
	Writer	Son of God 2010-01-01 Movie
	Writer	Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) 2010-01-01 Movie
	Writer	Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement 2010-01-01 Movie
2009	Writer	Literature 2009-01-01 Movie
2008	Writer	Philippine Bliss 2008-01-25 Movie
	Writer	Manila in the Fangs of Darkness 2008-01-01 Movie
	Writer	The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles 2008-01-01 Movie
	Writer	Bahag Kings 2008-01-01 Movie
	Writer	Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero 2008-01-01 Movie
2007	Writer	Squatterpunk 2007-01-31 Movie
	Writer	Three Days of Darkness 2007-01-01 Movie
	Writer	The Last Gag of Buster Quizon 2007-01-01 Movie
2006	Writer	Buryong 2006-09-04 Movie
	Writer	Goodbye My Shooting Star 2006-07-19 Movie
	Writer	Old East Side 2006-01-01 Movie
	Writer	Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World 2006-01-01 Movie
	Screenplay	Vampire of Quezon City 2006-01-01 Movie
2005	Writer	Can & Slippers 2005-01-31 Movie
	Writer	The Family That Eats Soil 2005-01-26 Movie
	Writer	Three Days Of Darkness Zero 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	Writer	Headless 2004-01-01 Movie
	Writer	Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata 2004-01-01 Movie
2001	Writer	Greaseman 2001-01-01 Movie
2000	Writer	The Twelve 2000-05-27 Movie
1998	Writer	Amen 1998-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Art

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2018	Production Design	Bamboo Dogs 2018-10-14 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2006	Editor	Buryong 2006-09-04 Movie
2005	Editor	Three Days Of Darkness Zero 2005-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv